German bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff stands a shade over four feet tall, his severely underdeveloped arms and hands the result of thalidomide poisoning while he was in his mother's womb.
... THOMAS QUASTHOFF Internationally acclaimed bassbaritone Thomas Quasthoff was born in 1959 as, in his words, “one of twelve thousand thalidomide children” (Quasthoff 2008, 35). In a cultural environment hostile to people with visible ...
... Quasthoff quipped that he was 'the freak of this establishment' (Lebrecht 2011). Lebrecht discusses in a (nonvisual) ... Thomas Quasthoff– The Dreamer (Germany, 2004–2005, 90 mins, colour), DVD, tryharder tv network. 3. Martin Blum and ...
... Thomas Quasthoff. Start each sentence with „Das ist Thomas Quasthoff, ...“. Example Thomas Quasthoff lebt in Berlin. → Das ist Thomas Quasthoff, der in Berlin lebt 1 Er wurde 1959 in der Nähe von Hannover geboren. 2 Sein Vater erkannte ...
... Thomas Quasthoff: A Mighty 'Voice' Soars” by Tom Huizenga Talk of the Nation, NPR.org Quoted from “The Voice: Thomas Quasthoff” His parents initially put him into a group home because it was believed that he couldn't cope with being in ...
... Quasthoff b . Nov. 9 , 1959 , Hildesheim , Germany Bass Thomas Quasthoff's mother was one of thousands who took the drug thalidomide to relieve morning sickness . As a result , Quasthoff grew to only about four feet tall and , in common ...
... Thomas Quasthoff , Charles Spencer . RCA Red Seal 63147-2 [ Winterreise ] For almost 30 years , Fischer - Dieskau's Die schöne Müllerin with Moore has been a staple of the catalog . On balance the finest of the bari- tone's ...